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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- canthăris, ĭdis, f., = kanqari/s. I. A genus of beetle, of several species;
in pure Lat. scarabaeus parvus
, Plin. 29, 4, 30, 94; freq. used in medicine
, id. 11, 35, 41, 118; 29, 4, 30, 93.—Esp. the (very poisonous) Spanish fly, cantharides: Meloe vesicatorius, Linn.; Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117; id. Fam. 9, 21, 3; Ov. Ib. 306; cf. Plin. 29, 4, 30, 94; 11, 35, 41, 118.—II. A worm injurious to the vine and rose, Pall. 1, 35, 6 and 4; cf. Plin. 18, 17, 44, 152.
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